China Unicom has started to deploy a uniformly and exclusively IoT management platform since 2015 in order to promote global connection services; the full coverage of NB-IoT businesses has been achieved in 345 local networks; commercial probation of eMTC and 5G pilot projects have been launched.

The overall plan of China Unicom’s SDK bears three major features. First, the “Cloud, Pipe and Terminal” Collaborative Architecture and the overall terminal-to-terminal technological plan provide guarantees for operational-layer businesses. Secondly, open structure designs are fit for two hardware architectures and satisfy applicable deployments in different technological situations. Thirdly, flexible plan deployments and four modules (including OS, protocol stacks, Link and AT) satisfy demands in different business situations.